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Your baby has been crying with colic during the last 2 weeks almost non-stop. You’re scared. You are frustrated. Your lack of sleep. You’re not thinking clearly. You shake your baby.

Experts believe that more than ninety percent of cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome is caused by colic. It’s ironic that the frustration watching your baby in pain and helplessness for not healthy for help can lead to further harm the baby. Doctors often send mothers home with a colicky baby hope not, said their mother had just moved out crying that can last up to six months. No wonder that some parents snap under pressure. Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as the Rough Head Trauma / inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury (AHT). When a baby is shaken, because the baby’s neck muscles are not developed, the brain can bounce back and forth inside the skull and cause trauma. Head trauma is the leading cause of death in cases of child abuse in the United States.